Month: May 2015

Florence + The Machine, Simply Red and Jamie XX all have fine releases out next week, as do Melody Gardot, Slaves, Sun Kil Moon and Helloween; however, the album of the week just has to be What Kind of Love from Danny & The Champions of the World. If you think we’ve been influenced by…

Welcome to a very special blog post! I’m delighted to announce a special pre-sale offer on the mighty Richard Thompson’s new studio album, which is due out on 29 June. The special pre-release prices are: CD £9.99 / Deluxe CD £12.99 / vinyl LP £16.99. If you pre-order the album, you will also receive an…

My release of the week is, unusually, a re-release. However, it is such a great album and has been so long out of print that it deserves its place. It’s Ryan Adams’ seminal debut, Heartbreaker, and every home really should have a copy! This week also sees new albums from The Vaccines, Ash, Pokey Lafarge,…

We are mighty pleased – no, wildly excited – to announce that Danny & The Champions of the World will be launching their new album, What Kind of Love, with an exclusive in-store performance at 6pm on 6th June. If you were in the queue on Record Store Day, you heard a lot of Danny…

This week sees another fine batch of new releases, including alt-metal superstars Faith No More’s first for 18 years, a new solo effort from Brandon Flowers, the debut of Eliza Carthy & Tim Eriksen, a Whitesnake tribute to Deep Purple, a new album from Hot Chip, a film score from Nick Cave & Warren Ellis…

Release of the week was a bit of a difficult one, very tempted by the Mighty Fall’s Sub Lingual Tablet, but in the end I’ve gone with Thea Gilmore’s retrospective with a difference, Ghosts & Graffiti. This week also brings a retrospective from Eric Clapton, a rare glimpse into the rehearsal process for a Leonard…